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PHILADELPHIA, tniDAY. MAY 7, 1915.
Cod help the conquerors; the conquered arc
not in peril of uicat temptations.
Agree on a Site nntl Begin Building
THE rejection by Select Council of tha
proposition to transfer to the Knlrmount
Park Commissioners the convention hull
jft fund of $1,400,000 means thtit the building
. will bo constructed under the direction of
;jf. Councils and not by the Park Commission
ers. It also means that the Snyder's woods
slto Is Indirectly disapproved. How much
more, than that Id Involved In the action has
not yet been disclosed.
Tho advocates of the 24th and Market
streets site arc already nt work to persuade
Councils to build the convention hall In the
central part of tho city, accessible to tha
hotels and railroad stations. The arguments
In favor of a site easy to reach from tho
business district nro so many and so obvious
that It Is not necessary to recount them.
Tho purpose of tho hall Is to accommodate
conventions unci Industrial exhibitions at
tended, not primarily by residents of Phila
delphia, but by delegates from abroad who
must live In the hotels while they arc here.
There must be Judgment enough in Councils
to select a site such as any business man
would choose If ho were erecting n building
to attract a well-known and definite class of
patronage. And there must bo realization of
tho Importance of building the hall ns quickly
as possible, so that the city may bo ready to
welcome tho National Republican Conven
tion hero next year. Disagreement over a
slto has continued long enough. What tho
city demands Is tho convention hall and not
a squabble over Its location.
Unsportsmanlike Warfare
NO MAN with any sporting instinct can
look with toleration on the use of
asphyxiating gases In warfare. It Is like
hitting below tho belt In a boxing match.
The honor of a soldier has become pro
verbial. He will treat his enemy fairly and
defeat him In straight combat under recog
nized rules or ho will accept tho conse
quences uncomplainingly. A soldier in uni
form caught within tho lines of tho enemy
receives tho honors of war becauso ho Is
playing fairly. But a soldier in disgulso Is
a spy and Is shot or hanged. Ho Is engaged
In work which may bo necessary, but tho
rules of war, even In such cases, provide for
the punishment that may be meted out to
him.
But to suffocate an enemy and then ad
vance without hazard Is contrary to all tra
ditions of fair combat. It Is as outrageous
as to sink a neutral ship without warning to
tho officers and crew. Tho sentiment of the
civilized world Is opposed to It because there
Is some senso of honor left. Any victory
won by chloroforming tho enemy Is more
disgraceful than n defeat. Tha Greek race
suffers to this day from tho reputation It
acquired at Troy by Us unsportsmanlike
capturo of the city.
Demand for Coffee Houses
It would bo much nicer If Philadelphia
only had a few coffee houses, the sort they
have over In Austria. In those coffee houses
you meet your comrades and talk. Captain
Il&dog, of the Frnnconln, In the Delaware.
THE Franconla Is an Austrian ship, in
terned at Kensington, waiting till It is
safe to venture out to sea. Tha captain com
plains becauso Phlladelphlans all seem to
rush about their work and to bo unwilling to
take life In a leisurely manner, even In their
hours of relaxation. Ha longs for the quiet,
restful lounging places of his native land,
where a man may go, order a cup of coffee
and cigarettes and gossip with his friends.
There are places' here where men may go
and spend an hour or so In friendly converse,
but they are not coffee houses. They are
saloons. The poor man's club Is maintained
in America to facilitate, tho sale of alcohol.
No one seems to have thought It worth while
to facilitate the enjoyment of human com
panionship without the stimulus of Intoxi
cants. But there must be others besides the
Austrian sea captain who would like to find
a clean and convenient place to which they
would be welcomed at any hour of the day
or evening to sip coffee and nibble a roll and
smoke In quiet and content. Other things
might be provided, but the essential Is that
the price of a cup of coffee should entitle a
man to the courtesies of the place so long as
he might wish to erfjoy them reasonably.
Unfortunately, such modest priced eating
places as there are in town are quick-lunch
counters or restaurants where smoking Is not
allowed. Who wjll meet the Austrian half
way and provide what he and many others
like to have?
Signs of a Good Harvest
EVENTS are Justifying the assumption
that the gold of the American tourists
would not be spent in Europe this summer.
If spent at all, and much of it will go to Tall
roads and hotels and steamship lines, it will
be spent on this side of the ocean for the,
benefit of American purveyors to vacationists.
How much of it will remain here may be
Inferred from the estimates of the steamship
agents, that not more than 15.000 Americans
win sail for Europe this month and that
nearly all of them will go to fill business en
gagements. Last May 89,808 passengers sailed
from American ports, the great majority of
whom were pleasure seekers, The difference
of 75,090 fa most significant.
Tim war I enabling many American ma
chine shops and steel mills to run on full
"!m ani is bringing new money into the
country It is also keeping at home the
jocf that la mads &ner. The summer ought
la b mot ptmmwm forsjl Mas of business
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which thrive whn the slimmer resorts are
full and the excursion trains are loaded to
tholr capacity and the slght-sccrs are about
A Vivid Warning Out of the Dim Past
IN ANCIENT times there were two brent
nations. One, Carthage, dominated the
trado of the then known world. Her mer
chant fleets touched on all the shores of tho
Mediterranean, She controlled Sicily. Her
dominion stretched over Spain and Its rich
mines. Caravans brought to her tho wealth
of Africa. The other, Rome, almost un
known outside of Italy, was poor. She had
no fleets and llttlo commerce.
Between Carthago satisfied and Rome am
bitious there was to bo nn Irrepressible con
flict. Homo know It. So did the Hamllcnr
family In Carthage. But thero was In the
African city a "they-wlll-not-dareto-touch-ub"
party. War vessels rotted nt tho
wharves. Rich merchants wcro unwilling to
contribute to tho support of a navy. "Wo
have tens of thousands of men who will leap
to arms when necessity arises," said they,
"and our sailors, trained In peaceful com
merce, will man our ships of war." Mean
tlmo Homo made ready. Sho drilled her
armies, sho prepared to meet tho monster
from tho South, to test her pigmy strength
against tho might of Carthage.
Into tho conflict Carthago threw perhaps
the greatest military genius the world has
over known. Ho whacked his way almost to
tho gates of Home. A dozen times ho held
tho mastery of tho earth In his hands could
succor from homo but reach him. But It
novcr came. Dominion of tho bciir, which
wns Carthage's own, she had surrendered.
She could not transport an army to Italy.
Reinforcements must pcrforco como by way
of Spain, across tho Alps, and Hasdrubal,
tho hope of Africa, was overthrown on the
banks of tho Motaurus. Hannibal, recalled
to meet a Roman army which hod been
transported to Africa, loBt nt Zama. Car
thago gave way to Rome, nnd that Imperial
city, always at war nnd nlways prepared for
war, gavo direction to rlvlll7ntlon nnd for
centuries guided the destinies of mankind.
Tho arguments advanced by rich mer
chants of Carthage differed little from those
advanced by many men In tho United States
today. Tho speeches of Hanno, who derided
tho menace of war, with llttlo editing would
apply now. Yet his statesmanship led his
country Into tho dust of ruto. Facts do not
chango because they nro denied. A navy
adequnto for the nation's defense Is as nec
essary today as It was centuries ngo. Thero
Is no national safety except In tho might to
malntnln It. Out of tho dim past comes a
lesson for America, vivid and convincing, a
lessqn emphasized by the course of human
events In tho last year. It must not bo
neglected.
Amen!
ELIHU ROOT. In tho ubsence of n clergy
man, opened the session of the New York
Constitutional Convention ocr which ho Is
presiding by offering this prayer)
Almighty God, guide us In our delibera
tions. Mnko us humble, sincere and devoted
to tho public service. Mnke us wise, con
siderate of the fetllnRs, tho opinions nnd
the rights of others. Make us effective nnd
useful for tho advancement of Thy cause,
of peace nnd Justice and liberty In tho
world.
The only comment which this suggests Is
a hearty and sincere Amen!
What Is Your Baby Worth?
A MAN in Roaring Branch, Lycoming
County, has a little girl, 2 years old,
for which he has refused an offer of $100,000.
And ho said ho would not sell her for twenty
times thnt sum.
Is your llttlo girl or boy worth as much?
Actuaries can compute tho money value of
a human being ut any time of Its life, but
their computations are based on cold figures
dealing with earning capacity and cost of
maintenance, as though they were consider
ing the vnluo of a piece of machinery.
Mothers nnd fathers, however, aro not In
the habit of looking on their children as
though they were looms and lathes. It Is
evident that ono man without children Is
willing to pay more for a small bundle of
smiles and affection, moro than he would
Invest In any single machlno In his mills.
No amount of rensonlng can persuade par
ents that they are taking a mistaken vlow of
relatlvo values when they hold their children
above prlco. Even tho very poor will endure
great hardships rather than surrender their
children to the caro of tho State. No moro
material comforts can take tho place of
those satisfactions which keep the heart
warm when tho eyes rest on one's own off
spring. Thero Is more In life than tho ac
cumulation of wealth, and however flawless
may bo tho mathematics of tho actuaries,
they leavo out of account In their computa
tions of the worth of a child an essential
clement, tho existence of which legislators In
these latter days aro only Just beginning to
recognize.
Tho Barnes theory Is that It is better to
bo a cog in the machlno than to be ground
between the wheels.
The next report from the front Is likely to
be that the Germans are using poisoned nee
dles on the enemy.
Ex-President Taft is not the only Repub
lican who would be pleased by the election
of Root to the presidency.
Mayor Mltchol, of New York, not content
with hunting the tiger nt home, is pursuing
the grizzly bear In Wyoming,
Those who are never kind at any other
time aro expected to do a single thoughtful
net next Sunday vhen Mother's Day Is ob
served. It Is possible to break a man's "heart after
all. The French surgeons have Just ex
tracted a splinter from one that was
cracked.
Patriots, considering .the mood of Justice
Hughes, recall that there have been times
when it was necessary to draft men into the
service of the Union.
Tho British Press Bureau has given out a
statement Indicating that the Germans are
bluffing. If that is so, why do not the Allies
force a showdpwn?
If the State is to pension mothers at all,
it ought to appropriate money enough to do
It, Instead of holding out hopes to the poor,
only to dash them to the ground.
Th? State Department very properly de
cides that the Frya case should be settled
outside of a prize court. The ship was sunk
and Germany has admitted her responsibility.
Nqw pay up.
Word comes from friends of the AdmlnlT
tration that Frank P. Walsh means well, but
that he Is a victim of his temperament. This
suggests that the country must not take the
reports of the Industrial Relations Com
mission too seriously, (
YUAN SHI-KA1,
CHINA'S STRENGTH
The Man in Whoso Hands Li Hung
Chang Saw tho Destinies of His
Mighty Country Incidents of His
Career,
By ELLIS RANDALL
CHINA stands today at tho crisis of her
history. The statement would hold true,
even If sho did not face tho prospect of war
with Japan, but with that llkollhood present
In the sltuntlon uncertainty Is added to uncer
tainty. In China the old ordor Is still only In
tho beginning of its mighty chango; tho ad
justment fs not yet, nnd what will befall tho
young republic, war or no wnr, is not a mat
ter of easy conjecture. Clearly the times call
for a strong man, and a strong man China
has In President Yuan Sht-Kai.
Born In 1859, ho was only 25 years old when
tho famous Grand Chancellor, LI Hung
Chang, discovered In him a man of power.
In his early twenties Yuan, whoso father
was a District Governor In the provlnco of
Honan, went Into Korea with tho nrmy in a
secretarial capacity. Ho showed such quali
ties of action nnd dlplomncy that LI ap
pointed him "Chinese Resident" nt Seoul. It
was a highly Important and an extremely
dellcato position, and It came to him at a
period when tho Chlncso regarded a man of'
60 ns very young to hold high public office.
Rulor at Twenty-five
For several years Yuan was tho virtual
rulor of tho peninsular kingdom, the King
being a mero puppet In his hand. At the out
break of the war with Japan In 1801, or moro
correctly during the stormy period Immedi
ately picccdlng that event, ho thought that
LI was not uctlng with sufficient vigor and
decision, and so, qulto Ignoring his lmmcdlato
superior at Tientsin, ho communicated di
rectly with the Pekln Government, urging tho
latter to send troops Immediately to Korea
In older to forestall Japan.
For this slight of his authority LI nevor
forgavo his young protege, of whom ho spoko
to his confidential friends in tho bitterest
terms, until within a few moments of his
death. When ho know that his end was fast
approaching, the Viceroy's better reason at
last asserted Itself, and tho last thing ho did
on his deathbed was to dictate a message to
tho Imperial Court, then staying at Sl-an,
praying thut on his demise tho Important
post left vacant by him bo conferred on
Yuan than whom he could not think of a
better successor. This story does as much
honor to his heart as It undoubtedly speaks
volumes for the exceptional capacity of his
former dlsclplo and protege.
In hla long and varied official career Yuan
has moro than once been charged with
double-dealing, but perhnps the accusations
may be explained, at least In part, by tho
extraordinary requirements of Clilneso poli
tics in tho last few decades and by tho
Chinese capacity for compromise. During
tho Boxer troubles ho was Governor of tho
provlnco of Shantung. It was thiough him
that all news of the Isolated legations
reached tho world, and through him that
Minister Wu got Secretary Hay's dispatch
to the hands of Minister Conger, nnd secured
an answor that formed tho basis of reviving
hopo that tho foreigners in Pekln might bo
saved. When, uctlng contrary to orders from
the Manchu rulers, ho entered Into an agree
ment with the Powers to maintain ordor in
certain provinces In co-operation with other
Governors, tho Boxors threatened his life.
When It was seen, however, that his policy
had ptevented Shantung from bflng overrun
with foreign troops as Chl-Ll had been, popu
lar feeling changed. Sometimes he offended,
sometimes he pleased tho Boxers, then tho
Manchu rulers and again the foreigners. Yuan
professed hatred of the foreigners, but at tho
samo tlmo ho delicately hinted that It was
tmposslblo for him to comply with tho antl
forelgn edicts which Issued from tho Court.
On ono occasion, when compelled to post on
anti-foreign proclamation, ho put up another,
written by himself, and announcing that no
attention was to bo paid to the first. And
ho ruled Shantung with an Iron hand.
Tho duplicity of which Yuan has sometimes
been accused may be diplomacy, and tho
diplomacy for which he has sometimes been
praised may bo In part the expression of a
not discreditable quality In his mental make
up. Sherwood Eddy, an American who
knows China Intimately and has talked with
Yuan Shl-Kal, says this:
"Two eras meet In this man as tho repre
sentative of a great nation In this hour of
crisis; tho medieval and the modern, tho Ori
ental and the Occidental, tho patriarchal and
tho patriotic, the autocratic and the demo
cratic, tho forces' of tho old era and of tho
new."
Making a Nation
Yuan's ability as a harmonlzer has been
revealed In the fact that many of tho rebels
whff menaced the newly established Govern
ment aro now co-operating e;
ffectlvely In the
r China It Is a
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work It Is doing for tho New
mentlonable fact nlso that he has never
shown himself vindictive. More than once
the opportunity has presented Itself for mak
ing himself Emperor, but he has passed It
by. Though graft was the custom of Chinese-officialdom
until very recently, he has
never been a grafter.
The positive facts concerning Yuan entitle
him to be Judged according to the standards
by which statesmen are Judged. He has
spoken of one of his principal alms as fol
lows: "I am especially concerned with prac
tical, technical and primary education. For
merly our educational policy wad classical
and literary. What we need now is practical
education which will develop the Industries
of China and the character of her men." To
Mr. Eddy only a little while ago, he made
the remarkable statement: "Confucianism
has given us valuable principles, but Chris
tianity gives us power. Confucianism baa
given us a foundation. Christianity will fur
nish the superstructure."
THE WAY OF GOING
And, after all. It may be best, Just In the
happiest, sunniest hour of all the voyage, while
eager winds are kissing every sal), to dash,
against the unseen rock, and In an Instant hear
the billows roar above a sunken ship. For
whether In mid-sea or 'mong the breakers of
the farther shore, a wreck at last must mark
the end of each and all. And every lfe, no mat
ter If Its every hour Is rich with love and every
moment Jeweled with a Joy, will at its close
become a tragedy as sad and deep and dark as
can be woven of the warp and woof of mystery
and death, Robert Ingersoll.
SPRING MUSIC
The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake,
The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove;
Nor are the linnets o'er the flowering furze
Poured out profusely, silent. Joined to these
Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade
Of new sprung leaves, their niodul&tlona mix
Mellifluous. The Jay, the rock, the daw.
And each harsh pipe, discordant heard alone.
Aid the full concert: while the stock dove
breatbM
A melancholy murmur through the whole,
t Jmt Thymjuon,
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BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF
(1) Everybody's, "The Snarl of Waking
Asia."
(2) Saturday Evening Post, "A Talk With
tho Japanese Promler."
(3) World's Work, "A Now Era In Japan."
JAPAN
JAPAN, the land of tho "wonderful llttlo
brown people" and of the rising sun. Is
so fnr away, both In miles- nnd In Its civili
zation, that most of us havo a rather vaguo
senso of the country. Two Influences havo
served to bring tho nation nenn-r In recent
years. Ono la n growing appreciation of Jnp
ancso nrt not tho pntchy paper fans and
cheap domestic china daubed in Imitation
Japanese patterns, but tho subtle, finely dis
tinctive nnd discriminating nrt of Japaneso
prints and drawings, brocades and cmbrold
oiies. Our other point of contnet with Japan has
net been so charming. It has been tho situ
ation growing up In California, where tho
Influx of Japanese laborers by thousands has
threatened to affect the standard of living,
lowering wages for nil kinds of work through
their very keen competition. In 1007 our
Government effected nn agreement with tho
Jnpancso Govcrnmnt thnt It should stop lssu.
lng passports to laborers, and In 1013 Califor
nia passed a law making It Impossible for
tho Japaneso to buy land In the State. Based
on this situation, rumors aroso from time to
time of tho "yellow peril" and war with
Japan. Caret Garett, writing In Everybody's
(1), tnkes up tho economic situation. Whllo
It Is far from a Jingo article in its conclusion,
Mr. Garett writes with tho lid off at first,
quoting from tho most fiery of Congressman
Hobson's emblazoned utterances In regard
to the danger of war. Mr. Garett writes:
Thero was no thought of trouble with
Japan before tho Russo-Jupaneso War. Do
you see the significance of that? Until then
tho world thought the arms of Western civili
zation lnvlnclblo against those of Asia. Dur
ing tho war we wero emotionally pro-Jap-ancso.
We wished tho "wonderful llttlo peo
plo" to win But from tho signing of the
treaty of pence at Portsmouth, N. II., be
tweon Russia and Japan, a chango of feeling
began to take place In this country toward
Japan. Suddenly wo began to think of her
as a formidable power. And suddenly, too,
tho Jnpancso begnn to show that they feared
neither us nor any Western power.
In 1887 four Japaneso appeared In California
wanting work. They wero the first. Tho
next year 30 came. Between 1890 and 1000
moro than 25,000 came. Tho demand for
them wns Instant From having displaced
only other labor, tho Japanese began to dis
place white farmers. Tho total number of
Japanese fnrm holdings In California has
never been above 4000, Tho total acreage by
lease or ownership never exceeded 150,000
acres In a State containing nearly 100,000,000
acres.
A Japanese farmer called to give testimony
on the Japaneso land situation forgot to
mention n single economic fact. Instead, he
startled his audience In this fashion; "Gen
tlemen, the farm next to mo Is owned by a
Jan. He has a whlto woman. That woman
is carrying something nround In her arms.
J' a'"'1 white. It ain't yellow. But it's the
i-rpnfpst nroblem confronting nn lnflw
Should you bo willing to marry them? Un
less wo do that It is Idle talk of giving thorn
citizenship. The thought of creating In this
country a class of legal citizens who should
be permanently alien In the racial sense Is
preposterous.
If It Is not going to be a question of race
equality; If It Is not land in California, and
if t la not the Philippine Islands, what Is
left to mako war possible between Japan and
the United States? Two things are left. One
is a state of feeling. The other is trade
rivalry in Asia. No other people have cut the
Japanese as we have to the very quick of
their racial pride. Wo have citizenship to
glvo; and we glye It freely to all sorts of peo
pleprovided they are white. We have land
to spare; and we are anxious to have it set
tled by any Industrious people, provided only
they are white. Wo have neither citizenship
nor land for the Japanese because they are
yellow,
Interviewing tho Premier
Japan's present attitude toward this coun
try is authoritatively expressed in an Inter
view with Count Okuma, Premier of Japan,
by Samuel Blythe, one of the most experi
enced writers on politics in this country,
which appeared in The Saturday Evening
Post (2).
I presented my letters to Count Okuma
soon after my arrival In Japan and had been
told to como to the official residence at 3
O'clock that afternoon. We waited only a
moment. We heard a heavy step in the hall.
The door opened and a man taller than the
average Japanese, fully five feet ten, came
clumping In. walking with the peculiar swing
of a man Who has lost a leg, and who has
replaced it with an artificial one. Hanlhara,
the Interpreter, bowed low and so did I. The
Premier came to me, held out his hand,
smiled and welcomed me in Japanese. Then
he escorted me to the small tea table, placed,
me In a chair where the light from the win
dows shone full on my face, sat down oppo
site me, offered me a cigarette, and said
something to Hanlhara. We talked for an,
hour and a half on the relations between
Japan and the United States. We skirted
round the edge of a possible war several
times. Finally I plumped tho question at
him; "la there any war party lu Japant Is
there any war sentiment?"
'There never W09 war party." he said.
"JFoere never was any real war aeatbaeat U
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Japan. And neither exists now. If you will
refresh your memory concerning tho talk of
war. or If you will examine Into Its origin,
you will find that no single phroso of It orig
inated In Japan. What there has been was
tho echo of agitation and war talk that be
gan In your country. We havo Jingoes hero.
Just ns jou havo Jingoes In America. Wo
havo n sensational press here, Just ns you
have. Nnturally, when tho Jingoes of Amer
ica and thoso with selfish Interests to servo
began to cry war In America, and tho sensa
tional press took up that cry, tho cry found
an echo here. But It Is not responslDle nnd
It wns not official. How could thero bo war?
Your country will never bo tho aggressor,
nnd Japan will never bo. If you will look
into history you will find that Japan has
novcr begun a war until It was forced on
Japan us tho last alternative. They will not
fight until they are cornered, until their
honor has been stained, until thnt Is the only
course.
Although Count Okuma Is nearly 80 years
old, ho Is a radical In his politics, and was
recently elected to tho Premiership by an
overwhelming majority. A letter from an
American resident of Japan, quoted by
World's Work (3) gives a senso of Japan's
Internal situation.
Less than a month before Count Okuma's
appointment was announced an Issue of his
magazine was suppressed by the police be
causo of Its radical statements on govern
mental questions. Of course, Okuma will not
accomplish very much. The clans and tho
bureaucrats aro Intrenched too strongly to
bo overthrown by any one Premier. But his
appointment gave the people a tnsto of
power, and It Isn't likely that they will for
get It. Tho democratic movement which Is
under wny hero now Is no petty affair,
though owing to social conditions and tho
rigid suppression of news its manifestations
nro not always clear. But It Is very signifi
cant that tho Japaneso aro beginning to talk
about their Emperor Just ns wo talk about
Roosevelt and Wilson. The Idea of the di
vinity of tho Emperor Is still taught In tho
official textbooks and Is given a semblance of
belief, but not by tho educated Japanese. It
Is n well-known fact that tho present Em
peror Is weak both In body nnd mind, and
his mental weakness Is so apparent that It
Is noticeable at public receptions. A few
years ago It would have been blasphemy to
mention anything llko that, but now It Is a
topic of conversation, nnd several Japanese
have admitted It to me. As the whole Gov
ernment of Japan, its morals and Its religion
rests on the supposed divinity of tho Em
peror, you may imagine what a great strug
gle thero Is ahead for thl3 little country.
MYSTIC CONSTANTINOPLE
Its Appeal to tho Moat Brilliant of French
Writers
Pierre loll. the Frenchman, would rather live
In the gardens of his beloved estate at Constan
tinople than In tho richest quarters of Paris. His
devotion to Stamboul to use the Turkish name
has Inspired the following description:
"Oh, Stamboul! name of nil names to met So
soon as It Is pronounced there rise before me,
but far up above my head, the gigantic. Incom
parably beautiful outlines of a town dimly de
fined against tho dlstailt sky. The fica is at
the feet of this ethereal city a sea dotted with
thousands of ships and boats, skimming about
in ceaseless ngitatlon, and from which Issues a
babel of sound in every language at the Levant
The smoke a veil never completely lifted floats
like a long horizontal cloud above the crowds of
black steamboats, tho gilded kalks and the mot
ley groups on tho quays, shouting out their vo
cations or hawking their various wares.
"And beyond It all rises the huge town, look
ing as it It were suspended In the air above the
AMUSEMENTS
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CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH STB,
miZE-WINMNCJ BEAUTT PAnADB
Spring Fashion Show
20 MAGNIFICENT MODELS 20
supEnn sunnouNDiNQ show, headed nr
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ATTTCTiPHT LA8T 3 times, evos. bus
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too GOOD BALCONY SEATS ti nn
00 GOOD FAMILY CJRCLE SEATS.," ......', 60a
NEXT WEEK SEATS ON SALE
ufn8.' KITTY MacKAY
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Wonderful Photo-Flay Production
WILLIAM FARNUM .
EDWARD SHELDON'S MASTERPIECE
THE NEW GOVERNOR
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TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
ALL-STAR ENGLISH CAST
LAURI SB ynECB KAY COMPTON
EMMY WHELEN MAURICE PARKOA
NIXON'S
GRAND
Todiy2iI8.T49
THE BORORITY GIRLS'' t MAR I PI
AND BILLY HART- QALLERINI
& CO.; MACK & YVILLIAlia;
RUTH & KITTY HENRY. AMg !
DUMONT'S Wiii&ra?
BuilwuTHB RIDDLE-DOOK WEDDINQ
BROAD-Last 2 Evgs, SSJS",
SBryssasp she's in agatn
1.,.k.rr.lM.il mlafn Th.Mi ..mImAI... .. .
pure uiue sity, ore mo minarets wnn their sb
lance-like points; there are tho round it
beyond, rising In endless masses, soine c(
iiriijiaii tuiui, uutuiB ii u. ucuu wnue, pnefl
tier anove uer, iiko pyrnmias 01 stone
Thero are the never-chanelni? mosques,
tered by the lapse of centuries, thoueh.
chance, they wero a llttlo whiter ere tho ti
crs from the west tarnished tho air with On
cxnaiauons, and wnen none DUt sailing vei:
anchored beneath their shade, but ever radlw
the same, crowntnc Stamboul generation !1.
Btncrnuon witn me camo nuge cupolas, g
to it Its unique appearance, grander than i
of any other town In tho world. Thoy tri
very essence or tno past, tnose unvn
mosques; and in their stones and marbles
enshrine the old Mussulman spirit which It
In tho ascendant on tho heights from which
rise, i.
"Whether Stamboul Is approached from tt
Sea or Marmora or from tho Asiatic ttdeoflMl
nilnk Sou. thpsn mnfirnipfl urn thn Oral iviH
to emerge from tho thlftlng mists on the ho'
zon, rlnlng In quiet dignity above all that fa
pretty nnd modern on the quays and la to
l.nrbor, thoy thrill us with old memories, callS
u.. kite biuiiu iiiauu uiuaiu ui iPmm, W1U1 a
inougni oi Aiian me ucrripie ana or ocith.'
A NOTE OF THANKS
To the Editor of the V.entng Lcdgtr:
Sir At the regular monthly meeting tkltl
morning the board of directors of the EqciS
Franchise Society of Philadelphia pss(4l
unanimous vote of thanks for your very hiaM
estlng reports of the woman suffrage cartel
May 1 and for your beautiful photographa'm
tne demonstration. j
The abundant space given our activities 3
the KvENiNa Ledoer and its strong advocujl
of our cause are gratefully acknowledged. Oal
victory in November will be largely due to Jew
Btlrrlng light In our behalf. f
CAROLINE KATZENSTEW,!
Executive Secretin;.'
I'nuauelpnia, May 6.
AGGRIEVED -3
"Mother, am I really tho Image of you, or cu
tho lady that called on you Just tryln" to hid
my iceungsr- L,ire.
UNHAMPERED
Fond Mother Improvise? Why, my daujhtiN
can Improvise any piece of mualc you pattM
roro ner. Judge. ,a
OF PLEASURE ,'l
Pleasure that comes unlooked for la till
welcome. Rogers. ?j
AMUSEMENTS
1
THE ROMANCE?
OF WORK
A marntneent Tageant In Ave episodes nfl
dances, portraying; the history of the part plwdbj
Industry by American women.
600 WOMEN IN CAS1
This wonderful Pageant la held to furtherf&J
work of the Philadelphia Vacation Committee, torn
assists working girls to secure adequate vtatitilB
There will be but ONE performance "
SATURDAY, MAY 8TH
8:16 P, M. I
AT
CONVENTION HALL
Broad Street and Allegheny Avenui
.
SEATS FOR J5.000
ADMISSION 25c, 60c and If
Tickets on Bale at Heppe's and Rran's
ACADEMY Baits at Htmia'i. 1110 Chestnut
T)TTTT.Ar)F!T.PWTA I TWilcrVit nf. 8:11
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Conductor
dor ...C. STANLEY MACS
COLLEGE NIGHT
SOLOISTS , , ,
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